It is impossible for men engaged in low and groveling pursuits to have noble and generous sentiments. A man's thought must always follow his employment.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.

All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action.

A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.

Nothing is easier than self-deceit.

Success has a great tendency to conceal and throw a veil over the evil deeds of men.

Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real state of things.

Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, "How well he spoke" but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, "Let us march.

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

We need money, for sure, Athenians, and without money nothing can be done that ought to be done.

Nothing is so fundamental to the spiritual life as learning to give thanks.

I think all people want freedom, but they've got this idea inserted into their head about money.

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.

Time constricts and flattens, you know. It's not evenly weighted. Certain moments linger in the mind and others disappear.

My heart is very much alive and in your hands. Do your best not to destroy it. You are very lucky it isn't it my hands... The only thing I know to do with hearts is incinerate them! Ouch!

My success will be remembered by others. I don't have to constantly remind myself. However, I must always remember my failure, for if I forget them, I am bound to myself.

People who sit back and wait for somebody to take care of them are the people that if shown a way, can be useful to our society.

If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.

If it took Labouchere three columns to prove that I was forgotten, then there is no difference between fame and obscurity.

The most essential part of my day is a proper dinner.